1979 Islamic Revolution

Several people were killed in clashes between the coup plotters and government forces, and scores of others were arrested. (Image: Reuters File)A year after the 1979 Islamic revolution that toppled the US-backed shah, a group of mostly army…

The death of Mahsa Amini, 22, has reignited calls to rein in the 'moral police's' actions against women suspected of violating the dress code, in effect since the 1979 Islamic revolution.…

Women have been mainly prohibited from attending men's games and other sports events in Iran since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, but over the last couple of years, they have been allowed to attend on certain occasions Women have been…

FILE PHOTO: Former Iranian President Abolhassan Bani-Sadr attends an interview with Reuters in Versailles, near Paris, France, January 31, 2019. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer/File Photo In announcing the death, Bani-Sadr's family said on his…

TEHRAN: Abolhassan Banisadr, Iran's first president after the country's 1979 Islamic Revolution who fled Tehran after being impeached for challenging the growing power of clerics as the nation became a theocracy, died Saturday. He was 88.…